There's plenty of analog meters being made every year. Just look at any automobile dashboard. They experimented with digital dashes back in the 80s and quickly abandoned them. Even Teslas, which have an LCD screen in the dashboard, have analog meters; they're just done in software, no different that a phone or PC that has an icon of an analog clock face.
Interestingly, though, modern cars with analog meters actually have them driven digitally; the indicator is really a servomotor, driven by digital inform
i guess there's analog-vs-digital on the one hand, and mechanical-vs-electrical on the other. automobile instrument clusters are probably one case where i, personally, prefer analog meters implemented mechanically. the reason is multifold, among them i don't like the full-panel back lighting for night driving (teslas at night seem to bathe the cockpit in blue), and find a bit of depth/texture to the gauge is visually appealing (this can be mimicked with a rendered gauge, to a degree). your mileage may va
No one, outside of some small specialty manufacturers (including some old-time avionics makers), makes analog meters implemented mechanically any more, if you mean something where a cable turns some gears which turn a needle. They're all electrical and digitally-controlled now, and have been for some time, and for good reason: mechanical meters simply aren't as reliable or accurate.
No one, outside of some small specialty manufacturers (including some old-time avionics makers), makes analog meters implemented mechanically any more, if you mean something where a cable turns some gears which turn a needle. They're all electrical and digitally-controlled now, and have been for some time, and for good reason: mechanical meters simply aren't as reliable or accurate.
Depends on the domain. Analog gauges are still popular in SCUBA diving. No batteries required. An analog pressure gauge telling you whats in the tank. Another analog pressure gauge telling you your depth.
OK, this was a while ago... but while on a dive boat about half the divers had analog and half had dive computers. Guess which group the programmers and electrical engineers tended to be in and which group the lawyers and accountants tended to be in?:-)
Depends on the domain. Analog gauges are still popular
Sorry, you're right. I should have specified I'm really talking about cars here. For simple/low-cost applications, they still use analog mechanical gauges. For instance, the gauge on any air compressor is just a cheap mechanical gauge.
Also, mechanical gauges do tend to be very rugged. That's not a useful trait in a car, but for scuba gear it certainly is.
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There's plenty of analog meters being made every year. Just look at any automobile dashboard. They experimented with digital dashes back in the 80s and quickly abandoned them. Even Teslas, which have an LCD screen in the dashboard, have analog meters; they're just done in software, no different that a phone or PC that has an icon of an analog clock face.
Interestingly, though, modern cars with analog meters actually have them driven digitally; the indicator is really a servomotor, driven by digital inform
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i guess there's analog-vs-digital on the one hand, and mechanical-vs-electrical on the other. automobile instrument clusters are probably one case where i, personally, prefer analog meters implemented mechanically. the reason is multifold, among them i don't like the full-panel back lighting for night driving (teslas at night seem to bathe the cockpit in blue), and find a bit of depth/texture to the gauge is visually appealing (this can be mimicked with a rendered gauge, to a degree). your mileage may va
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No one, outside of some small specialty manufacturers (including some old-time avionics makers), makes analog meters implemented mechanically any more, if you mean something where a cable turns some gears which turn a needle. They're all electrical and digitally-controlled now, and have been for some time, and for good reason: mechanical meters simply aren't as reliable or accurate.
SCUBA still has analog ... (Score:2)
No one, outside of some small specialty manufacturers (including some old-time avionics makers), makes analog meters implemented mechanically any more, if you mean something where a cable turns some gears which turn a needle. They're all electrical and digitally-controlled now, and have been for some time, and for good reason: mechanical meters simply aren't as reliable or accurate.
Depends on the domain. Analog gauges are still popular in SCUBA diving. No batteries required. An analog pressure gauge telling you whats in the tank. Another analog pressure gauge telling you your depth.
... but while on a dive boat about half the divers had analog and half had dive computers. Guess which group the programmers and electrical engineers tended to be in and which group the lawyers and accountants tended to be in? :-)
OK, this was a while ago
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Depends on the domain. Analog gauges are still popular
Sorry, you're right. I should have specified I'm really talking about cars here. For simple/low-cost applications, they still use analog mechanical gauges. For instance, the gauge on any air compressor is just a cheap mechanical gauge.
Also, mechanical gauges do tend to be very rugged. That's not a useful trait in a car, but for scuba gear it certainly is.
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Yeah, cause digital dive computers are 6-10-30 times the cost of analog gauges. :)